Sumidero, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico

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Sumidero
Barrio
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Sumidero
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°13′34″N66°07′23″W / 18.226181°N 66.123031°W / 18.226181; -66.123031 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Aguas Buenas.svg Aguas Buenas
Area
[1]
 • Total6.36 sq mi (16.5 km2)
 • Land6.36 sq mi (16.5 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,476 ft (450 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,008
 • Density1,259.1/sq mi (486.1/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Sumidero is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,008. In Sumidero barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone and the Santa Clara community. [3] [4] [5]

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History

The barrio was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Sumidero barrio was 984. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 984—
1910 1,09811.6%
1920 1,32020.2%
1930 1,88242.6%
1940 2,45830.6%
1950 3,11026.5%
1960 4,01028.9%
1980 5,981—
1990 6,84114.4%
2000 7,87715.1%
2010 8,0081.7%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Special Communities

In 2001, law 1-2001 was passed [13] to identify marginalized communities of Puerto Rico. [14] In 2017, Governor Rosello created a new government agency to work with the Special Communities of Puerto Rico Program. [15] [16] Parcelas Santa Clara in Sumidero is one of the 742 places on the list of Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sumidero barrio
  3. ↑ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. ↑ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN   978-1-4766-0447-3 . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ↑ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  162.
  8. ↑ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. ↑ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Evoluciona el proyecto de Comunidades Especiales". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  16. ↑ ElVocero.com, Por. "Ya es ley Oficina para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Comunitario". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  17. ↑ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, p. 273, ISBN   978-0-9820806-1-0


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